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What does belfry mean? Is belfry a Scrabble word?

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Is belfry a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word belfry is a Scrabble US word. The word belfry is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

B3E1L1F4R1Y4

Is belfry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word belfry is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

B3E1L1F4R1Y4

Is belfry a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word belfry is a Words With Friends word. The word belfry is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1L2F4R1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

BELFRY,

5-letter words (4 found)

BERYL,FERLY,FLYER,REFLY,

4-letter words (9 found)

BLEY,BREY,BYRE,BYRL,FLEY,FYLE,LYRE,RELY,RYFE,

3-letter words (15 found)

BEL,BEY,BYE,ELF,ERF,FER,FEY,FLY,FRY,LEY,LYE,REB,REF,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,BY,EF,EL,ER,FE,FY,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from belfry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of belfry

belfry

Etymology

From Middle English belfrey, bellfray, belfray, from Old French belfroi, berfroi, berfrey (changed to have an ⟨l⟩ by association with bell), from Middle High German bërcvrit or bërvrit (“defensive tower”) (modern German Bergfried), possibly via Late Latin berefredus, from Proto-Germanic *bergafriþuz. Doublet of bergfried.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlfɹi/, enPR: bĕlʹfrē
  • Rhymes: -ɛlfɹi

Noun

belfry (plural belfries)

  1. (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
  2. (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
  3. (dialectal) A shed.
  4. (obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.
  5. (obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower possibly containing an alarm-bell.

Derived terms

  • have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry

Translations

References

  • Michael Quinion (2004) “Belfry”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

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